What the word right means

Recent Examples on the Web

Authorities have relied on informant testimony in other cases involving violent far-right movements, with mixed results.


—Hannah Allam, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2023




Brazil’s Supreme Court is investigating Bolsonaro’s alleged involvement in the Brasilia riots, particularly to find out who or how far-right mobs that support the ex-leader ended up ransacking the seats of government.


—Julia Vargas Jones, CNN, 30 Mar. 2023




At least 2,800 people watched live online through a far-right broadcast, according to that show’s host.


—Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2023




The presence of government informants in the far-right group has repeatedly come up in the lengthy trial, raising fresh questions about intelligence failures in the days before the riot.


—CBS News, 29 Mar. 2023




Both men lost primaries last year to far-right candidates who were then defeated in general elections.


—Katie Glueck, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2023




All three far-right leaders pretended to care about democracy, while ignoring their own records.


—Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 29 Mar. 2023




The hard-right coalition led by Netanyahu has sought to exert more political control over Israel’s Supreme Court, setting off the worst domestic crisis in decades.


—Isabel Kershner, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Mar. 2023




Soon, a counter-protest formed, as supporters of the overhaul—among them members of the far-right groups La Familia and Lehava—flooded a park near the Supreme Court.


—Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2023

Throughout our conversation, Howard returned to the topic of his Second Amendment rights.


—Raina Lipsitz, The New Republic, 31 Mar. 2023




When he is arrested Trump will be read his rights and processed just like any other defendant, experts say, including having a mug shot taken.


—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2023




Another one-off museum piece is the Egger-Lohner C.2 Phaeton [top right] engineered by 23-year-old Dr. Ferdinand Porsche, whose son would found today’s Porsche company after World War II.


—Kevin A. Wilson, Car and Driver, 31 Mar. 2023




His legacy lies in fighting for laborer rights.


—Javier Arce, The Arizona Republic, 31 Mar. 2023




The publisher of the supermarket tabloid the National Enquirer paid McDougal $150,000 for rights to her story and sat on it, in an arrangement brokered by former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen.


—Michael R. Sisak, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2023




The appellate judges found Phinn was wrong to rule Feldman provided adequate notice, and that allowing Lee to watch the hearing on Zoom did not satisfy his right to attend.


—Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar. 2023




Investment through deals for theatrical and home entertainment/TV rights fell by 18.3% to €131.7 million compared with the average between 2017 and 2019.


—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 30 Mar. 2023




Beshear is running for re-election this fall, and Republicans have focused significantly on the transgender-rights debate as a culture war issue.


—Ben Kamisar, NBC News, 30 Mar. 2023

Hits right above the knee.


—Alesandra Dubin, Woman’s Day, 1 Apr. 2023




The ventilation allows wind to pass right through, helping to prevent it from flipping over during strong gusts.


—Nicol Natale, Peoplemag, 1 Apr. 2023




On the final play of the third quarter, the 5-foot-10, 225-pounder got the handoff and waited patiently behind his line, then bounced right, juked back left, accelerated and outran the defense to the 1 for a 31-yard gain.


—Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 1 Apr. 2023




But instead of heading straight home, his motorcade sped right past Vatican City and went to St. Mary Major Basilica, a Rome landmark that is one of his favorites.


—Francis D’emilio, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2023




More:On a day where little went right for the Brewers, Brice Turang and Gus Varland had solid MLB debuts More:How are we supposed to interpret all the new stats in baseball, and which ones have proven the best?


—Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2023




That’s a historic moment right there.


—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2023




The big run for LSU came right after Amoore made her last 3-pointer with 7:52 left for a 62-57 lead.


—Stephen Hawkins, ajc, 1 Apr. 2023




Experts say autocorrect isn’t clever enough to get it right all the time.


—Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2023

Enter Email Sign Up Tatum and the Celtics were able to right the ship Wednesday against Portland.


—Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Mar. 2023




But Miami will have a chance to right the ship against Philadelphia on Monday night.


—Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2023




The Stars, who still lead the Central Division, are looking to right the ship Wednesday night at home.


—Nick Hennion, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2023




Phil came into an underperforming pitching staff and immediately righted the ship.


—Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2023




The Terps appeared to right the ship with a 9-0 run fueled by four points from Reese, but the Nittany Lions continued to chip away at the deficit, drawing to within 55-52 with 7:12 left.


—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 11 Feb. 2023




Here, 14 Forbes Finance Council members share some clear (and subtle) signs and give advice on how to right the ship.


—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023




Meanwhile the Grizzlies are looking to right the ship against the Warriors.


—cleveland, 25 Jan. 2023




Ted Egan, the city’s chief economist, believes that the likeliest scenario is that the forces of market capitalism will right the ship.


—Roland Li, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Mar. 2023


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English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

• ryght (obsolete)
• reight (Yorkshire)
• rite (informal)

Pronunciation[edit]

• (Britain and Ireland)
  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: rīt, IPA^(key): /ˈɹaɪt/, [ˈɹaɪt]
  • (Estuary English) IPA^(key): [ˈɹɒɪʔ]
  • (Yorkshire, dialectal) IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪt/, /ˈɹiːt/
  • (Hiberno-English) IPA^(key): [ˈɹaɪθ̠], (Ulster) [ˈɻɐʏt], [-ʔ]
• (North America)
  • (General American) enPR: rīt, IPA^(key): /ˈɹaɪt/, [ˈɹaɪt], [-t̚]
  • (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈɹʌɪt/, (Nova Scotia, dialectal) /ˈɹeɪt/
• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈɹaɪt/, [ˈɹɑe̯t]
• (General South African) IPA^(key): /ˈɹaɪt/, [ˈɹäːtʰ]
• Rhymes: -aɪt
• Homophones: rite, wright, Wright, write, rate (dialectal; certain senses only)

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English right, from Old English riht (“right,” also the word for “straight” and “direct”), from Proto-Germanic *rehtaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós (“having moved in a straight line”), from *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, direct”). An Indo-European past participle, it became a Germanic adjective which has been used also as a noun since the common Germanic period. Cognate with West Frisian rjocht, Dutch recht, German recht and Recht, Swedish rätt and rät, Danish ret, Norwegian Bokmål rett, Norwegian Nynorsk rett, and Icelandic rétt. The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek ὀρεκτός (orektós) and Latin rēctus; Albanian drejt was borrowed from Latin.

Adjective[edit]

right (comparative righter or more right, superlative rightest or rightmost)

1. (archaic) Straight, not bent.

   a right line…

2. (geometry) Of an angle, having a size of 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between two perpendicular lines.

   The kitchen counter formed a right angle with the back wall.

3. (geometry) Of a geometric figure, incorporating a right angle between edges, faces, axes, etc.

4. Complying with justice, correctness, or reason; correct, just, true.
   • 1610, John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding/Book II

     If there be no prospect beyond the grave, the inference is certainly right, «Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die.»

   • 1808, Bishop Joseph Hall, Devotional works

     there are some dispositions blame-worthy in men, which are yet, in a right sense, holily ascribed unto God; as unchangeableness, and irrepentance.

   • 1841, Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge Chapter 13

     What do you send me into London for, giving me only the right to call for my dinner at the Black Lion, which you’re to pay for next time you go, as if I was not to be trusted with a few shillings? Why do you use me like this? It’s not right of you. You can’t expect me to be quiet under it.

   • 2007 March 6, Julie Rutterford, Life on Mars, Season 2, Episode 3:

     Sam Tyler: Look, look, you know when I said I wasn’t wrong? Well, I was. But I was right about this not being the IRA. I was right to follow my instincts. Like you said, go with your gut feeling. I’m just taking your lead.
     Gene Hunt: So I’m right.
     Sam Tyler: We both are.
     Gene Hunt: Right.
     Sam Tyler: Right.
     Gene Hunt: Just as long as I’m more right than you.

   • 2018 January 4, Catherine Ford, «Religious-Based Health Care Raises Ethical Questions», Calgary Herald:

     But when that patient requests access to medical care that violates some religious tenet, is it right that he or she either be denied outright or forced to seek an alternative facility?

   That’s not the right thing to do.

   So I was right all along? C’mon. I want to hear you say it.

6. Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose.

   Is this the right software for my computer?

7. Healthy, sane, competent.

   I’m afraid my father is no longer in his right mind.

8. Real; veritable (used emphatically).

   You’ve made a right mess of the kitchen!

   • 2016, Sarah Harvey, A Laugh-out-loud Modern Love Story

     He’s got a wicked sense of fun, he can be a right laugh, he’s ever so broadminded – ooh, and he’s got a lovely broad chest too.

   • 1670, John Milton, The History of Britain

     […] in this battle and whole business the Britons never more plainly manifested themselves to be right barbarians: no rule, no foresight, no forecast, experience, or estimation

9. (Australia) All right; not requiring assistance.
   • 1986 David Williamson, «What If You Died Tomorrow,» Collected plays, Volume 1, Currency Press, p310

     Kirsty: I suppose you’re hungry. Would you like something to eat?
     Ken: No. I’m right, thanks.

   • 2001 Catherine Menagé, Access to English, National Centre for English Language Teaching and Research, NSW: Sydney, p25

     When the sales assistant sees the customer, she asks Are you right, sir? This means Are you all right? She wants to know if he needs any help.

   • 2001 Morris Gleitzman, Two weeks with the Queen, Pan Macmillan Australia, p75

     ‘You lost?’
     Colin spun round. Looking at him was a nurse, her eyebrows raised. / ‘No, I’m right, thanks,’ said Colin.’

10. (dated) Most favourable or convenient; fortunate.
    • c. 1707 Joseph Addison, The Tatler

      The lady has been disappointed on the right side.

11. Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north, the side on which the heart is not located in most humans. This arrow points to the reader’s right: →

    After the accident, her right leg was slightly shorter than her left.

12. (geography) Designating the bank of a river (etc.) on one’s right when facing downstream (i.e. facing forward while floating with the current); that is, the south bank of a river that flows eastward. If this arrow: ⥴ shows the direction of the current, the tilde is on the right side of the river.
13. Designed to be placed or worn outward.

    the right side of a piece of cloth

14. (politics) Pertaining to the political right; conservative.

Synonyms[edit]

• (correctness): correct, just
• (side, direction): dexter, dextral, right-hand
• (politics): conservative, right-wing
• (as a tag question): see Appendix:English tag questions

Antonyms[edit]

• (straightness): bowed, crooked, curved
• (correctness): wrong
• (side, direction): left

Derived terms[edit]

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Descendants[edit]

• → Spanish: right
• → Welsh: reit

Translations[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle English right, righte, from Old English rihte, rehte (“right; rightly; due; directly; straight”), from Proto-Germanic *rehta, from *rehtaz (“right; straight”).

Adverb[edit]

right (not comparable)

1. On the right side.
2. Towards the right side.
3. Exactly, precisely.

   The arrow landed right in the middle of the target.

   Luckily we arrived right at the start of the film.

   • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 1, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients:

     Then there came a reg’lar terror of a sou’wester same as you don’t get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider’ble money getting ’em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season.

4. Immediately, directly.

   Can’t you see it? It’s right beside you!

   Tom was standing right in front of the TV, blocking everyone’s view.

5. (Britain, US, dialect) Very, extremely, quite.

   I made a right stupid mistake there, didn’t I?

   I stubbed my toe a week ago and it still hurts right much.

   • 1966, Jacqueline Susann, Valley of the Dolls‎^[1], page 214:

     That’s long enough for any small town.» Lyon leaned forward. «Do you like Lawrenceville, Mr. Hill?» The driver cocked his head. «Aeah. Why not? Born here. It’s a right nice town

     farm

   • 2004, Jon Sharpe, Nebraska nightmare:

     Well, that would be right neighborly of you, miss.

   • 2008, Luke Cypher, Red Mesa, page 101:

     But it would be right neighborly and Christian of you to put your own wants aside for a spell.

   • 2011, Ann Hite, Ghost on Black Mountain:

     The fog was right hard to see through so I was on Tom Pritchard before I saw him.

   • 2015, Jeff Torrington, Swing Hammer Swing! (page 255)

     Kids nowadays were a right thrillproof bunch. The Armoury Section had, unexpectedly, proved to be a real moodclunker.

6. According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really.
7. In a correct manner.

   Do it right or don’t do it at all.

8. (dated, still used in some titles) To a great extent or degree.

   Sir, I am right glad to meet you …

   Members of the Queen’s Privy Council are styled The Right Honourable for life.

   The Right Reverend Monsignor Guido Sarducci.

   • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 13, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients:

     He b’iled right over, and the tongue-lashing he give that boss Right Liver beat anything I ever listened to. There was heap of Scriptur’ language in it, and more brimstone than you’d find in a match factory.

Usage notes[edit]

In the US, the word «right» is used as an adverb meaning «very, quite» in most of the major dialect areas, including the Southern US, Appalachia, New England, and the Midwest, though the usage is not part of standard US English. In the UK also it is not part of the standard language but is regarded as stereotypical of the dialects of northern England, though it occurs in other dialects also.

Quotations[edit]

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:right.

Synonyms[edit]

• (on the right side): rightward, rightwise
• (towards the right side): rightward, rightways
• (exactly, precisely): exactly, just, precisely, smack-dab; see also Thesaurus:exactly
• (immediately, directly): right smack, slap-bang
• (very, extremely): ever so; see also Thesaurus:very
• (according to fact or truth): in point of fact, in truth; see also Thesaurus:actually
• (correct manner): correctly, properly

Derived terms[edit]

• right away
• right here
• right now
• right quick
• right smart

[edit]

• downright
• forthright
• upright

Translations[edit]

Interjection[edit]

right

2. Yes, that is correct; I agree.
   • 2007 March 6, Julie Rutterford, Life on Mars, Season 2, Episode 3:

     Sam Tyler: Look, look, you know when I said I wasn’t wrong? Well, I was. But I was right about this not being the IRA. I was right to follow my instincts. Like you said, go with your gut feeling. I’m just taking your lead.
     Gene Hunt: So I’m right.
     Sam Tyler: We both are.
     Gene Hunt: Right.
     Sam Tyler: Right.
     Gene Hunt: Just as long as I’m more right than you.

   • 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)

     Tell her you’re here.
     Right. Thanks, Pete.

   — United’s the best team in the country.
   — Right. And they’ll go all the way for sure.
   — Damn right they will.

4. I have listened to what you just said and I acknowledge your assertion or opinion, regardless of whether I agree with it (opinion) or can verify it (assertion).
   • 2007 March 6, Julie Rutterford, Life on Mars, Season 2, Episode 3:

     Sam Tyler: Look, look, you know when I said I wasn’t wrong? Well, I was. But I was right about this not being the IRA. I was right to follow my instincts. Like you said, go with your gut feeling. I’m just taking your lead.
     Gene Hunt: So I’m right.
     Sam Tyler: We both are.
     Gene Hunt: Right.
     Sam Tyler: Right.
     Gene Hunt: Just as long as I’m more right than you.

   — United’s the best team in the country, so they’ll come up with something.
   — Right. And do you think they’ll go all the way?

6. Signpost word to change the subject in a discussion or discourse.

   — After that interview, I don’t think we should hire her.
   — Right. Who wants lunch?

8. Used to check listener engagement and (especially) agreement at the end of an utterance or each segment thereof.

   You’re going, right?

   I went downstairs, right, and I was going to call her, but I found this note, right, so what am I supposed to do now?

9. Used to add seriousness or decisiveness before a statement.
   • 1987, Withnail and I:

     Withnail: Right […] I’m gonna do the washing up.

Usage notes[edit]

The polysemic ambiguity, regarding the senses of (1) affirming agreement and (2) acknowledging an utterance independently of agreement, sometimes functions politely as a social lubricant, avoiding any sarcastic connotation that OK might easily imply; the degree of clarity is sufficient in contexts where getting to the bottom of who agrees or disagrees is superfluous to the purpose of the conversation.

Synonyms[edit]

• (I agree): all right, alright, right on, damn right, damn straight
• (I acknowledge, regardless of agreement): all right, alright, OK, okay, hmm, mmm
• (signpost marking change of subject): all right, alright, well
• (confirming attention, understanding, and/or agreement): all right, alright, y’know, do you know what I’m saying, you know what I’m saying, eh

Derived terms[edit]

• yeah right

Translations[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

From Middle English right, righte, reght, reghte, riȝt, riȝte, from Old English riht, reht, ġeriht (“that which is right, just, or proper; a right; due; law; canon; rule; direction; justice; equity; standard”), from Proto-West Germanic *reht, from Proto-Germanic *rehtą (“a right”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵt- (“to straighten; direct”). Cognate with Dutch recht (“a right; privilege”), German Recht (“a right”), Danish ret (“a right”).

Noun[edit]

right (plural rights)

1. That which complies with justice, law or reason.

   We’re on the side of right in this contest.

   • 1973 July 22 [July 17, 1973], Chiang, Kai-shek, “President Chiang Kai-shek’s message to the mass rally supporting Captive Nations Week”, in Free China Weekly‎^[2], volume XIV, number 28, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1:

     Throughout our history, whenever evil forces prevailed, the altruistic and upright people have always shown their great wisdom by adhering to the right against the wrong, renouncing wrongful gain for justice, displaying their great benevolence in national salvation and summoning their great courage to surmount the crisis and turn back the perverse tide.

2. A legal, just or moral entitlement.

   You have no right to go through my personal diary.

   • 1825, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Table Talk

     There are no rights whatever, without corresponding duties.

   • 1922, Michael Arlen, “3/19/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:

     Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house ; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something ; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash-racket against a wall.

   • 2013 August 10, Schumpeter, “Cronies and capitols”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:

     Policing the relationship between government and business in a free society is difficult. Businesspeople have every right to lobby governments, and civil servants to take jobs in the private sector.

3. The right side or direction.

   The pharmacy is just on the right past the bookshop.

4. The right hand or fist.

   • 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, published 1993, page 129:

     «Before he could strike again, however, I got in my right, and he was sprawling on his back on the floor.»

5. The authority to perform, publish, film, or televise a particular work, event, etc.; a copyright.
6. (politics) The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.

   The political right holds too much power.

7. The outward or most finished surface, as of a coin, piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.

   Synonym: (of fabric) right side

   • 1890, The Woman’s World, page 434:

     Simple cross-stitch, with a space between each stitch, may be worked in two rows, in which case the completed stitch on the wrong sides alternates with that on the right.

   • 1913, Woman’s Home Companion — Volume 40, page 40:

     For the large size, two pieces of silk, eighteen inches wide and twenty-seven inches long, are sewed together at three sides, rights together, leaving one end open.

   • 1918, Pacific Rural Press — Volume 95, page 392:

     In case there is a right and wrong side to the tops, put two rights together.

8. (surfing) A wave breaking from right to left (viewed from the shore).

   Antonym: left

Synonyms[edit]

• (right side): starboard, 3 o’clock

Antonyms[edit]

• (legal or moral entitlement): duty, obligation

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

Etymology 4[edit]

From Middle English righten, reghten, riȝten, from Old English rihtan, ġerihtan (“to straighten, judge, set upright, set right”), from Proto-West Germanic *rihtijan, from Proto-Germanic *rihtijaną (“to straighten; rectify; judge”).

Verb[edit]

right (third-person singular simple present rights, present participle righting, simple past and past participle righted)

1. (transitive) To correct.

   Righting all the wrongs of the war immediately will be impossible.

2. (transitive) To set upright.

   The tow-truck righted what was left of the automobile.

3. (intransitive) To return to normal upright position.

   When the wind died down, the ship righted.

4. (transitive) To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.

   to right the oppressed

   • c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

     So just is God, to right the innocent.

   • 1776, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, Declaration of Independence

     All experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.

Derived terms[edit]

• aright
• beright
• eright
• unright

Translations[edit]

Further reading[edit]

• right at OneLook Dictionary Search
• “right”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams[edit]

• girth, grith

Middle English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

• reȝt, riȝte, riȝt, ryȝt, ryght, righte, riht

Etymology[edit]

From Old English riht.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /rixt/, /riːxt/, [ɹiːçt]
• Rhymes: -ixt

Noun[edit]

right (plural rightes)

1. A good deed; a right action.
2. A just or equitable action.
3. A law, ruling, judgement or rule.
4. A right, entitlement or privilege.
5. Truth, correctness.
6. right (direction; as opposed to the left)

Descendants[edit]

• English: right
  • → Spanish: right
  • → Welsh: reit
  • Northumbrian: reet
• Scots: richt
• Yola: reights (plural)

References[edit]

• “right, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-18.

Adjective[edit]

right (plural and weak singular righte, comparative rightre, superlative rightest)

1. Straight; not crooked or bent.
2. On the or at the right (as opposed to left)
3. Morally or legally correct or justified.
4. Real, genuine, authentic, true.
5. Natural, undisturbed.

[edit]

• rightful

Descendants[edit]

• English: right
  • → Spanish: right
  • → Welsh: reit
• Scots: richt
• Yola: reicht, riaught, ryaught

References[edit]

• “right, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-18.

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from English right fielder.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈrait/ [ˈrai̯t̪]
• Rhymes: -ait

Noun[edit]

right m (plural rights)

1. (baseball) right fielder

Usage notes[edit]

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Britannica Dictionary definition of RIGHT

Britannica Dictionary definition of RIGHT

Britannica Dictionary definition of RIGHT

Britannica Dictionary definition of RIGHT

[+ object]

That’s four wrongs in once sentence, and four wrongs don’t make a right — unless you’re talking about «right» — wing bias. ❋ RJ (2010)

My father used to say that if you waited for people to do the right thing for the * right* reason you’d wait forever. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As such, its first amendment right to say whatever it likes ought to be protected, but not its «right» to call itself «news». ❋ Unknown (2009)

A valid model is one which gives you the right answers … for the *right* reasons. ❋ Unknown (2007)

All of our concerned righteous representitives will rise up and do the right thing.. support the soldiers and soldier families and sick uninsured children..right after they make sure the those honorable campaign conributors and patriotic lobbyists are taken care of first! ❋ Ellen Beth Gill (2007)

Well, this is it, is good to know i was right all along, but we all knew that..right? ❋ Unknown (2006)

Umm, yeah… the cute boy from England… right, right… that one… ❋ Ugotsoul (2002)

It is surely better for an intelligent and moral being to do right from his own will, than _to pay another to force him to do right_. ❋ E. N. [Editor] Elliott (N/A)

A salad served with meat, at an informal dinner, is placed on the right side, _from the right_, the exception to the rule of serving from the left. ❋ Lillian B. Lansdown (N/A)

You can hold your right elbow in your left hand, but you can’t put your _right_ elbow in your _right_ hand. ❋ Laura Lee Hope (N/A)

The pony does not understand that; it is the slight pressure of the right rein on the _right_ side of the neck that turns him to the ❋ Thomas Carson (N/A)

Now I would ask _you_, is it right, is it generous, to refuse the colored people in this country the advantages of education and the privilege, or rather the _right_, to follow honest trades and callings merely because they are colored? ❋ American Anti-Slavery Society (N/A)

‘When this train stops you be right here — _right here, I say_ — and go with me to the superintendent in the depot. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

Schools of the State, decided that the law of the State interfered with no right of colored children on the subject, and that they were not, therefore, entitled of _right_ to the admission demanded. ❋ E. N. [Editor] Elliott (N/A)

The man is to receive the ring from the priest with the three principal fingers of the right hand; and then, holding the _right hand_ of the bride with his own left hand, he shall say, «With this ring,» &c. ❋ Various (N/A)

[Greek: pragma] be wrong, as if a man under erroneous impressions does what would have been right if his impressions had been true (subject of course to the question how far he is guiltless of his original error), but in this case we could not call the [Greek: praxis] _right_. ❋ 384 BC-322 BC Aristotle (N/A)

Whether your heart is all right turns out a matter of minor importance; but — _are your clothes all right_? ❋ Leon H. Vincent (N/A)

By the Laws of War the right and power _of possession_ is in the captor; the _right of property_ remains in the proprietor. ❋ H. Byerley Thomson (N/A)

This word was inserted as defining the essence of the offence, and it limits the criminality to cases where the voting is not only without right, but where it is done wilfully, with a _knowledge that it is without right_. ❋ Anonymous (N/A)

It teaches us that to do right is to do that which is right in itself, from _pure_ motives and with a _right spirit_. ❋ Various (N/A)

1) [Damn nigga], you see that bitch?
2) Yeah homie, [that ass] is right1) I bet I can hit
2) [Nigga please]
———- ❋ N.I.G.G.A. (2005)

[That guy] is a right [tosser]. ❋ Daniel (2005)

«I ran [out the door] and there were 200 [cows] on my [front lawn]» -Derek
«right.» -Sean ❋ Joe (2004)

1.)[Shelley]: So then Tony was all «I’ve always loved you forever» and isn’t he the cutest? And I know we’ll always be together, and isn’t he the greatest? And you think he’s [hot don’t] you and oh yeah you still don’t have a boyfriend but don’t you think tony’s the cutest?
Me: Right. (secretly rolling my eyes)
2.)Ryan: Jeez, that Shelley chik just goes on and on about herself and her pretentious boyfriend Tony.
Me: I know right?
3.)Shelley: Hey guess what? Tony’s related to the [Olson twins]! Isn’t that amazing?
Me: Oh, right on! (secretly thinking «NOT») ❋ Lexeeeeeee (2007)

«That guy [tried] to [Lars] me in [court] today!»
«Right!» ❋ Boffus (2003)

«We are so right for each other»
«as right as [Leesa] and [Rob]?»
«no, don’t be stupid, nobody could be that right. That’s a [myth]» ❋ The Doctor…Indy (2013)

[Ching]: hey man, [turn right] at this next intersection. This is extremely important.
Wang: O.K. [left it] is. ❋ Ice Up Da Cornhole (2007)

«How many eggs should I use in this [quiche]?»
«Right. Three eggs ought to be enough.»
«What is the most direct route to [Scarborough Fair]?»
«Ri-i-i-ght. I believe you follow this road to a roundabout, and go west.»
«Is the library open on Sunday?»
«Ri-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-ight. I do remember a time when the library was open [seven days] a week.» ❋ Alan Cantor (2005)

[Jon]: «Wow! That chick had [a sweet] ass!»
[Frank]: «Right!» ❋ Frank ‘toolman’ Rizzo (2004)

Bill: I don’t smoke, but i do believe that it is the right of an adult citizen of this country to smoke if they so choose, and that it is the right of any privately owned company to choose if they will allow a person to do so.
Ted: Yeah, and why should a privately owned company not be allowed to hire or fire anyone for any reason they want.
Bill: And what about trying to [censor] the internet, or the [censorship] of radio, tv, and print. Why is it not the choice of the company what they allow on their networks?
Ted: Indeed, and let’s not get started on [the patriot act]. ❋ Dano Magnum (2007)